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Discrepancies Between Retrospective and Actual Self‐Reports of Peer Victimization Six Years Earlier
Author(s) -
Nishina Adrienne,
Parra Luis Armando
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12410
Subject(s) - retrospective cohort study , psychology , peer victimization , recall , anxiety , clinical psychology , psychiatry , injury prevention , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , cognitive psychology
Retrospective peer victimization reports may be inaccurate. With an ethnically and sexually diverse sample, this study compared adolescents’ self‐reported peer victimization in 6th grade to their own retrospective reports of 6th‐grade victimization when they were in the 12th grade, controlling for past and current adjustment. Overall, 12th graders’ retrospective victimization reports correlated with their own earlier 6th‐grade self‐reports and there was a general tendency to underreport retrospectively. Under reporters were distinguished by worse past 6th‐grade adjustment, whereas over reporters were distinguished by worse current (12th‐grade) adjustment. Higher current depressive symptoms and social anxiety, and lower current self‐worth may be important control variables when collecting retrospective reports of victimization because current adjustment may augment participants’ recollection of past experiences.